omelettes and fine wines
Delightful and colorful
the Manhattan cocktail was invented in the Manhattan Club in New York City in 1874 at the request of the beautiful and spirited socialite Jenny Jerome
No doubt using the expertise he gained when he was a bootlegger in his home state and when first opened the Stork Club as a speakeasy in the roaring Twenties when Prohibition was still in force
This beautiful menu cover in Art Nouveau style comes from a lunch at Le Pré Catelan in 1890
The Stork Club, New York, 1946 Paul Rand Book Cover Metropole omelettes and fine winesThe Stork Club was a famous and fabled nightclub in New York City from 1929 to 1965, which was owned and operated by Sherman Billingsley (18961966), an ex bootlegger from Oklahoma. The club was the symbol of caf society. Movie stars, the wealthy, showgirls, politicians and aristocrats, all mixed here. El Morocco had the sophistication, Toots Shor's had the sporting crowd, but the Stork Club mixed power, money and glamour. Unlike its competitors, the